https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:19:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1199499 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:23:04 +0000 Smurfette 1199499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an epidural but never felt an urge to push. I just pushed when they told me too and 7 pushes later she was here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1199495 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:21:01 +0000 purrpletulips 1199495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't feel anything with DD. Felt pressure with DS but thought it was pain so they gave me a booster on my epidural and DS was born 30min later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1199393 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:42:13 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1199393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOL @ 10cm narcolepsy! (I have narcolepsy, so I know exactly what you meant)</p> <p>I had an epidural with DD, but I didn't feel any urge to push. They just told me to do push after laboring down, and she was out in 2 pushes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1199380 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:39:34 +0000 LuLu Mom 1199380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: This is what I had, my butt hurt so bad, but I never thought "I better push" although I could tell when "something" was goign to happen so I knew when I should. But man I still feel the pain in my booty when I think about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1199337 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:27:27 +0000 cmomma17 1199337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: My nurse and doctor were really bored at the end during my naps ;) hehe<br /> My doula did tell me that it was pretty uncommon (in her experience) so just think we're special! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1199269 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:06:37 +0000 Maysprout 1199269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: I'm feeling like less of a mutant now. I'd never heard of contractions spacing out once you're complete or falling asleep, good to know I'm not alone. I think I was making the nurse nervous, though she didn't really say anything direct just a few things to the Dr, I really liked the Dr I had though, he was super laid back and just took everything in stride without making me nervous and just reassured her and me that baby was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1199247 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:57:01 +0000 cmomma17 1199247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: I definitely felt the urge to push, but I fell asleep between contractions at the end too! My contractions ended up being 7-8 minutes apart at 9cm and beyond. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1199236 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:52:46 +0000 Maysprout 1199236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Glad I found someone else that zonked out. It was crazy, it was so much work to try to stay awake even with contractions waking me up in lots of pain every few minutes, as soon as they were done I was back asleep. Once they said it was time to try to push though I guess I got adrenaline or something because I didn't have trouble staying awake then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198899 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:42:00 +0000 hellobeeboston 1198899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an epidural and did not feel the need to push. They told me I was 10cm after napping and I started pushing. They said I was a "good pusher" but nothing was really happening. I feel like I should have labored down a little longer instead of starting to push. After 5 hours of pushing I had my baby... The last hour or so I let the epidural wear off so I could feel everything an definitely got more of the sensation of wanting to push when I felt the contraction -- but not really an "urge"!</p> <p>I hope when I have another baby I don't have to push for so long! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198797 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:53:16 +0000 irene 1198797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an epidural, but I still felt the urge to push toward the end. They told me don't push until they tell me so (only push when the bell curve is up), and several times I had to ask do I push now? I feel like I need to, and they said yes. Baby was out within an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198716 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:06:52 +0000 looch 1198716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't get an intense feeling of having to push, in fact, when it came time, I apparently didn't do it "right." I had to have the midwives place a finger on the point where I was supposed to push in order to get it right. I didn't have an epi, I have no idea what I was supposed to be feeling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198714 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:04:55 +0000 Cherrybee 1198714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a really strange experience. I had been induced and was receiving the hormone drip. I didn't have an epidural so my contractions were what I can only describe as violent and they were coming one on top of another - it was quite frightening! But when I got to 10cm and they said I could push, everything seemed to stop. They told me to wait until the next contraction - and it didn't come for ages. I'm not sure whether they turned the drip down or what was happening but I felt no urge to push and my contractions were weak and spaced out. The midwife and the doctor were shouting "push" frantically at me and I kept saying "but I haven't got a contraction". Weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198643 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:00:12 +0000 illumina 1198643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had the epi and definitely felt the urge to push! Once I got to 10cm the midwife wanted me to wait up to an hour for baby to start to get into position by herself. I waited maybe 45mins before I had to push to get relief from needing to push! I felt every contraction and it wasn't pain that made it tough, just a lot of pressure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198636 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 04:43:38 +0000 SAHM0811 1198636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't feel it with #1 (epi), but definitely did with #2 (med free). The urge is what sent me to the hospital, even though it was only around just 4 hours of contractions. When I got there, the urge got worse and it sort of also felt like UTI pain where you think you need to go pee, and you try, but nothing comes out? When they checked me soon after, I was 9.5cm at that point. </p> <p>Funny, I had been feeling the "urge to push" for about the last hour of labor, but when they finally told me, "ok, you can push", I was like, "what? you want me to push? NOW? ...a baby, whaaaat??" haha, the pressure was so great, I didn't think I could do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198589 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 01:31:55 +0000 birdofafeather 1198589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was trying not to push bc my nurse told me I still had a lip left, but my body was doing it involuntarily! I had no pain meds and just couldn't help pushing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198463 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:45:52 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1198463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to fight off the urge to push at 8. The pain was so bad, I just wanted it to end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198461 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:44:04 +0000 pinkb 1198461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never felt the urge to push. I did get an epi at 8cm, but I didnt feel it at all before or after the epi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198459 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:42:10 +0000 Lindsay05 1198459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah i felt it. I felt it at about 8 cm and thats why i hot the epidural because it was so hard to hold back. Welll... And besides the excruciating pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198397 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:56:16 +0000 cascademom 1198397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely felt the urge to push with the epidural. I probably would have delivered him without the table set because I could feel him ready to go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198347 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:32:26 +0000 luckypenny 1198347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely felt it! I couldn't not push</p> <p>ETA: I had a very low epidural </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198272 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:05:17 +0000 skipra 1198272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an epidural and didn't have the urge to push but knew I was ready to, if that makes sense. I could feel all the pressure and just knew it was time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198270 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:04:59 +0000 avivoca 1198270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely felt the urge to push, it was like I had no choice but to push. I don't think I passed out between contractions, but I was not really aware between them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198266 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:00:17 +0000 Foodnerd81 1198266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh weird-- I definitely felt it, like I couldn't not push. I didn't have any pain meds though. But I did zonk out between those last contractions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198098 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:24:15 +0000 PurplePeony 1198098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom said she never felt the urge to push with either my brother or me. She didn't have an epi either time so it definitely had nothing to do with that! I'm interested to see what happens in a few weeks when I go into labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198086 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:17:53 +0000 swurlygurl 1198086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't say I felt an *urge* to push, but I had a really intense feeling/pain in my butt, and the nurse told me that's what it was. I never felt it meant I should be pushing though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198084 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:16:42 +0000 chopsuey 1198084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD I didn't get an urge to push. Didnt feel the pressure everyone talks about either.<br /> Felt both with DS! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198080 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:15:53 +0000 lovehoneybee 1198080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My epidural had completely worn off by the time I was pushing and I never felt the urge! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lack-of-urge-to-push#post-1198068 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:08:20 +0000 Maysprout 1198068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first LO I figured I didn't feel an urge because I had an epidural and I started pushing when they said I was at 10.</p> <p>This time the epidural while it took the edge off was really only working on one side of my body and I still quite a bit of pain. When I was complete the Dr said he was a big fan of laboring down until there was an urge to push and I said 'sounds good'. Well, I never got the urge. I puked a couple times, then my contractions spaced out to about 5 min apart and I would fall asleep in between, then wake up in tons of pain and then I'd fall right back to sleep after the contraction was over. It was really weird I couldn't stay awake. After over 2 hours of laboring down the Dr came back in and checked me and said why don't you just go ahead and push and baby was born 10 min later. And I felt plenty while the baby was being born so it wasn't like that area was numb.</p> <p>Anyone else not get an urge to push or have 10 cm narcolepsy? </p>